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Phthalates: "The Health Risks From Plastics Almost Nobody Knows About" [1]

"Phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, are linked to an array of problems, especially in pregnancy" 

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Environmental Justice [5]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [13], 09/05/2025
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"The Druids Oak Is 800 Years Old - Can It Help Save Tomorrow's Forests?" [14]

"Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more. "We know that this tree is a survivor," he says, taking a leaf sample for DNA testing."

Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Studies [16]
Forests [17]
Natural Resources [18]
Science [9]
Public [11]
International [19]
Europe [20]
Source: BBC News [21], 09/03/2025
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Despite Trump, US Scientists Continue Work on Key Global Climate Reports [22]

"Even as the U.S. federal government rapidly retreats from science-based decision-making, adopts climate-damaging energy policies and disengages from international climate efforts, 46 American researchers have been chosen as authors for the upcoming three main global climate reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

Climate Change [23]
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Natural Resources [18]
Science [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Inside Climate News [24], 09/03/2025
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"Eyeing A Potential Future Tropical Storm In The Eastern Atlantic" [25]

"A tropical wave located a few hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Tuesday morning was headed west at about 15 mph." "And in the Eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Lorena is a heavy rain threat for Mexico, while Hurricane Kiko may pass close to Hawaii Sep. 10-11."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [4]
Science [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mexico [28]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [29], 09/03/2025
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"Prominent Critic Of RFK Jr. Blocked From FDA Vaccine Committee" [30]

"Paul Offit, a pediatrician who has sparred with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over childhood vaccination, has been blocked from participating in a vaccine advisory committee for the Food and Drug Administration."

Environmental Health [4]
Health [31]
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Science [9]
Technology [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [32], 09/03/2025
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"Dozens of Scientists Call DOE Climate Report ‘Fundamentally Incorrect’" [33]

"More than 85 climate scientists declared the Department of Energy’s new climate report unfit for policymaking in a comprehensive review released Tuesday. The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the U.S. and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded."

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Source: Inside Climate News [34], 09/03/2025
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National Weather Service Applicants Must Explain How They Agree With Trump [35]

"As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [36], 09/02/2025
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Trump Cuts To Climate Satellites Will Make Weather Prediction Harder [37]

"The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather."

Climate Change [23]
Disasters [26]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Washington Post [38], 09/02/2025
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"Former CDC Leaders Slam RFK Jr For Endangering Americans’ Health" [39]

"Nine former officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s leadership of the US health and human services department is “unlike anything our country has ever experienced” and “unacceptable”.

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [31]
Science [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [40], 09/02/2025
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The Time To Make Local Stories With GHG Inventory Data Is Now [41]

If you’re thinking of reporting on major greenhouse gas emitters in your coverage area by using long-standing U.S. government data, better act fast — a key source of that information may soon disappear, warns the latest TipSheet. Find out who’s working to save the numbers, plus get more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

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